What Is Metaverse?
Recently, we have been hearing about a new technology, i.e. Metaverse. So, let us understand what it is and how it will impact our lives. By the time you read this article, you would have known that Metaverse is a fictional universe.
We have come a long way in this digital world rapidly and evolved ourselves in a 2D environment virtually through various tools. Thanks to the “Internet” since it is the only thing that made all the changes possible. The technology in our lifetimes has given us the power to express ourselves and experience the 3d world with ever greater richness. It is trusted that the Metaverse will be the next step to the mobile internet. Same as how we might not have predicted how the internet would evolve over a decade, it holds true for the Metaverse.
About Metaverse
The Metaverse is a hypothetical iteration of the internet as a single, universal, and immersive virtual world facilitated by using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets. It is a network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection. It is already developed in online video games. In the future, the Metaverse will not be only for gamers or developers. It will be for everyone!
The Metaverse provides new ways to connect people, websites, platforms, and realities. It will enhance online social experiences and the future of work & learning. In the Metaverse, users will navigate through and communicate in interconnected digital spaces known as “continuity”.
Origination of Metaverse
Metaverse originated from the 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash as a combination of “meta” and “universe”. The development of Metaverse is linked to advancing VR technology because of the increasing demands of immersion. New interest in the Metaverse is influenced by Web3, a concept of decentralized iteration of the internet.
Fundamentals of Metaverse
We must understand certain fundamentals of the Metaverse to explore more and gain something with this technology. Those include the following:
- The metaverse ecosystem
- Communication and collaboration with NFTs and cryptocurrency
- Avatars, devices, platforms & game engines
- Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), extended reality
- Blockchain
- Web3
- Cryptocurrency, etc.
What Are The Opportunities of Metaverse?
Metaverse has the power to create jobs, enable new business opportunities, and increase access to training as well as educational experiences. It will be built by each of us, with creative and practical applications being developed daily by imaginative people. It will be applied in healthcare, education, city planning, art, etc. Metaverse can make the world more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
How Do Users Feel In Metaverse?
Users will be able to feel the presence in the virtual world like they are right there with people, no matter how far apart they are. They will be able to express themselves in joyful, immersive ways. Metaverse will unlock several amazing new experiences.
When a video is sent to someone, they will feel like they are right at the moment with the people in the video instead of peering through a little window as we have now. When users are playing games with their friends, they feel like they are together at that moment in another world instead of just being on a mobile or computer.
When professionals meet in the Metaverse, they feel like they are in a room together, maintaining eye contact and a shared sense of space, unlike just looking at a grid of profile photos or just faces on a screen.
Metaverse is also known as an embodied internet. We will feel the experiences of what we do instead of looking at a screen. Everything we do online will be more natural and vivid, whether it may be social connections, entertainment, games, and work. It is not about spending most of our time on screens, but it’s about spending time in a better way.
Screens cannot convey the full range of human expression and connection. They cannot deliver a deep feeling of presence. But the next version of the internet, i.e. Metaverse, can.
Let us see how metaverse technology can be built around us and how we can truly experience the virtual world and interact with each other.
